Photos: Floodgates opened in Louisiana
Mississippi River Flooding
Credit: AP
Major General Michael Walsh, center, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks at a news conference in front of the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., Saturday, May 14, 2011, before the opening of a bay on the structure, which will allow water to divert from the Mississippi River to the Atchafalaya Basin. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
